Box
1772 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Silver box, with parcel gilt and niello
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gilded silver |
| Brief description | silver box, gilded decorated with scenes of dining and of conversation, made in Russia, 1772 |
| Physical description | Silver box, with parcel gilt and niello |
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| Credit line | Given in memory of Gordon Munro Berry and Dorothy Kate Berry |
| Object history | Depicted in a sketch dated 1868 by Sir John Gilbert (1817-97) RA, PRWS, as the 'great Gold Silver and Deuce knows what Box' when it was in the possession of a friend James Christie, one of the founder members of the Chelsea Arts Club |
| Production | made in Velikly Ustiug |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.34-1995 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2005 |
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